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Serial #: MT719 Construction #: 6S-479770 Civilian Registration(s): I-SPIT G-VIII N719MT |
Model: Spitfire LF Mk. VIIIc Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
Delivered to Royal Air Force as MT719, 19??.
- Assigned to 9 MU in June, 1944.
- Shipped to Bombay, India.
- Transferred to 17 Squadron.
Delivered to Indian Air Force as HS???, December 29, 1947.
- Allocated as instructional airframe "T17"/Code 87.
Ormond & Wensley Haydon-Baillie, Duxford, UK, 1977-1978.
- Hulk recovered from Jaipur AB, India, 1977.
Franco Actis, Turin, Italy, December 1979.
- Registered as I-SPIT.
- Restored to airworthyness, Vergiate.
- First Flight October 27, 1982 as MT719/YB-J.
Adrian Reynard/Reynard Racing Cars Ltd., November 5, 1988-1991
- Registered as G-VIII.
Aircraft Investments Ltd, 1993.
- Sold to USA.
Jim Cavanaugh/Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Dallas, TX, September 29, 1993-2002.
- Registered as N719MT.
- Flown as MT719/YB-J.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Nigel Roling - Pentavia Digital Imaging, http://website.lineone.net/~roling46/, 2002
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